¹Uto neki siđoše iz Judeje i počeše učiti braću: "Ako se ne obrežete po običaju Mojsijevu, ne možete se spasiti."

¹And certain persons, having come down from Judaea, taught the brethren, If ye shall not have been circumcised according to the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

²Kad između njih te Pavla i Barnabe nasta prepirka i raspra nemalena, odrediše da Pavao i Barnaba i još neki drugi između njih uzađu u Jeruzalem k apostolima i starješinama poradi tog pitanja.

²A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

³Oni su dakle, ispraćeni od Crkve, prolazili kroz Feniciju i Samariju pripovijedajući o obraćenju pogana i donoseći svoj braći veliku radost.

³They therefore, having been set on their way by the assembly, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of [those of] the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.

⁴Kada pak stigoše u Jeruzalem, primi ih Crkva, apostoli i starješine. Ispripovjediše što sve Bog učini po njima.

⁴And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, and related all that God had wrought with them.

⁵Onda ustanu neki od onih što iz farizejske sljedbe bijahu prigrlili vjeru pa reknu: "Treba ih obrezati i zapovjediti im da opslužuju Zakon Mojsijev."

⁵And some of those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, rose up from among [them], saying that they ought to circumcise them and enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.

⁶Nato se apostoli i starješine sastanu da to razmotre.

⁶And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

⁷Nakon duge raspre ustade Petar i reče im: "Braćo, vi znate kako me Bog od najprvih dana između vas izabra da iz mojih usta pogani čuju riječ evanđelja i uzvjeruju.

⁷And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, *ye* know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

⁸I Bog, Poznavatelj srdaca, posvjedoči za njih: dade im Duha Svetoga kao i nama.

⁸And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving [them] the Holy Spirit as to us also,

⁹Nikakve razlike nije pravio između nas i njih: vjerom očisti njihova srca.

⁹and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.

¹⁰Što dakle sada iskušavate Boga stavljajući učenicima na vrat jaram kojeg ni oci naši ni mi nismo mogli nositi?

¹⁰Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

¹¹Vjerujemo, naprotiv: po milosti smo Gospodina Isusa spašeni, baš kao i oni."

¹¹But we believe that we shall be saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they also.

¹²Nato sve mnoštvo umuknu. Slušali su Barnabu i Pavla koji pripovjedahu kolika je znamenja i čudesa Bog po njima učinio među poganima.

¹²And all the multitude kept silence and listened to Barnabas and Paul relating all the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the nations by them.

¹³Kad oni ušutješe, progovori Jakov: "Poslušajte me, braćo!

¹³And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:

¹⁴Šimun je izložio kako se Bog već na početku pobrinu između pogana uzeti narod imenu svojemu.

¹⁴Simon has related how God first visited to take out of [the] nations a people for his name.

¹⁵S time su u skladu riječi Proroka. Ovako je doista pisano:

¹⁵And with this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written:

¹⁶Nakon toga vratit ću se i opet podići pali šator Davidov, iz ruševina ga podići, opet ga sazidati

¹⁶After these things I will return, and will rebuild the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and will rebuild its ruins, and will set it up,

¹⁷da preostali ljudi potraže Gospodina i svi pogani na koje je zazvano ime moje, govori Gospodin, koji to

¹⁷so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name is invoked, saith [the] Lord, who does these things

¹⁸obznanjuje odvijeka.

¹⁸known from eternity.

¹⁹Zato smatram da ne valja dodijavati onima koji se s poganstva obraćaju k Bogu,

¹⁹Wherefore *I* judge, not to trouble those who from the nations turn to God;

²⁰nego im poručiti da se uzdržavaju od mesa okaljana idolima, od bludništva, od udavljenoga i od krvi.

²⁰but to write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

²¹Ta Mojsije od pradavnih naraštaja ima po gradovima propovjednike koji ga u sinagogama svake subote čitaju."

²¹For Moses, from generations of old, has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

²²Tad apostoli i starješine zajedno sa svom Crkvom zaključe izabrati neke muževe između sebe i poslati ih u Antiohiju s Pavlom i Barnabom. Bijahu to Juda zvani Barsaba, i Sila, muževi vodeći među braćom.

²²Then it seemed good to the apostles and to the elders, with the whole assembly, to send chosen men from among them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch, Judas called Barsabas and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

²³Po njima pošalju ovo pismo: "Apostoli i starješine, braća, braći iz poganstva po Antiohiji, Siriji i Ciliciji - pozdrav!"

²³having by their hand written [thus]: The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren who are from among [the] nations at Antioch, and [in] Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

²⁴"Budući da smo čuli kako vas neki od naših, ali bez našega naloga, nekakvim izjavama smetoše i duše vam uznemiriše,

²⁴Inasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from amongst us have troubled you by words, upsetting your souls, [saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law]; to whom we gave no commandment;

²⁵zaključismo jednodušno izabrati neke muževe i poslati ih k vama zajedno s našim ljubljenim Barnabom i Pavlom,

²⁵it seemed good to us, having arrived at a common judgment, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

²⁶ljudima koji su svoje živote izložili za ime Gospodina našega Isusa Krista.

²⁶men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁷Šaljemo vam dakle Judu i Silu. Oni će vam i usmeno priopćiti to isto.

²⁷We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves also will tell you by word [of mouth] the same things.

²⁸Zaključismo Duh Sveti i mi ne nametati vam nikakva tereta osim onoga što je potrebno:

²⁸For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

²⁹uzdržavati se od mesa žrtvovana idolima, od krvi, od udavljenoga i od bludništva. Budete li se toga držali, dobro ćete učiniti. Živjeli!"

²⁹to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; keeping yourselves from which ye will do well. Farewell.

³⁰Oni su se dakle oprostili i sišli u Antiohiju; sabrali su mnoštvo i predali pismo.

³⁰They therefore, being let go, came to Antioch, and having gathered the multitude delivered to [them] the epistle.

³¹Kad ga pročitaše, svi se obradovaše zbog ohrabrenja.

³¹And having read it, they rejoiced at the consolation.

³²Juda i Sila, i sami proroci, mnogim riječima ohrabriše i utvrdiše braću.

³²And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with much discourse, and strengthened them.

³³Neko se vrijeme zadrže pa se onda s mirom od braće vrate onima koji ih poslaše.

³³And having passed some time [there], they were let go in peace from the brethren to those who sent them.

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³⁵And Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and announcing the glad tidings, with many others also, of the word of the Lord.

³⁵A Pavao i Barnaba ostadoše u Antiohiji naučavajući i navješćujući zajedno s mnogima drugima riječ Gospodnju.

³⁶But after certain days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city where we have announced the word of the Lord, [and see] how they are getting on.

³⁶Nakon nekog vremena reče Pavao Barnabi: "Vratimo se i pohodimo braću po svim gradovima u kojima smo navješćivali riječ Gospodnju, da vidimo kako su!"

³⁷And Barnabas proposed to take with [them] John also, called Mark;

³⁷Barnaba je htio povesti i Ivana zvanog Marko.

³⁸but Paul thought it not well to take with them him who had abandoned them, [going back] from Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

³⁸Pavao pak nije smatrao uputnim sa sobom voditi onoga koji se u Pamfiliji odvojio od njih te nije s njima pošao na djelo.

³⁹There arose therefore very warm feeling, so that they separated from one another; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed away to Cyprus;

³⁹Spopade ih takva ogorčenost da se raziđoše: Barnaba povede Marka i otplovi na Cipar,

⁴⁰but Paul having chosen Silas went forth, committed by the brethren to the grace of God.

⁴⁰a Pavao sebi izabra Silu pa od braće povjeren milosti Gospodnjoj

⁴¹And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.

⁴¹proputova Siriju i Ciliciju, utvrđujući Crkve.